broad-brush

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Adjective

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broad-brush (not comparable)

  1. General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail.
    He takes a broad-brush approach to the study of history.
    • 2023 August 23, Mel Holley, “Network News: ... while Chiltern Railways targets low-emissions stock”, in RAil, number 990, page 7:
      In setting out a broad-brush approach, the Arriva-owned operator doesn't make any specific requirements, but it says the replacement trains "must achieve a meaningful reduction in the exhaust emissions and exterior noise levels compared to Chiltern's existing DMUs".

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Verb

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broad-brush (third-person singular simple present broad-brushes, present participle broad-brushing, simple past and past participle broad-brushed)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To generalize gratuitously.